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๐๏ธ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐! The third episode of our podcast series together with GA! History at Present, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ is online now! Together with Dr. Marรญa Gabriela Palacio, we discuss the Cold War legacies of Latin America. Listen to it now!
๐๏ธ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐! The second episode of our podcast series together with GA! History at Present, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ is online now! Together with Dr. Alanna O'Malley, we discuss the Cold War legacies of the United Nations. Listen to it now!
The Cold War Research Network is proud to announce the creation of the "Cold War Sources Listโ featuring links to primary and secondary sources for studying Cold War-related topics.
Want to know more about the Cold War Sources List? Click on the link: coldwarresearchnetwork.nl/coโฆ
#CWTEE โ Today, we finish our series Cold War Through The Expert Eyes by asking our members the final question โโWhat does the Cold War mean for you?โโ. Check our website for all the answers of our members! coldwarresearchnetwork.nl/whโฆ
#CWCP- Last month, student members Lars and Judith recommended several songs as part of the Cold War in Popular Culture series. This month, the focus shifts to movies. Lars suggests watching the movie โThe Siege of Jadotvilleโ for the month of January.
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#CWPC - This month, our student team members will recommend several films for Cold War in Popular Culture. Today, Judith recommends taking a look at the film ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ! Click on the link to watch the trailer.
youtube.com/watch?v=u5hzmwGWโฆ
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#OnThisDay โ In 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in North Carolina. The aircraft was on a โโCover Allโโ mission, preceeding Operation Chrome Dome. Two bombs yielding a nuclear power 250 times greater than Hiroshima, fell into the tobacco fields of Wayne County.
๐๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐จ! ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐.๐. ๐ผ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
#OnThisDay โ In 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in North Carolina. The aircraft was on a โโCover Allโโ mission, preceeding Operation Chrome Dome. Two bombs yielding a nuclear power 250 times greater than Hiroshima, fell into the tobacco fields of Wayne County.
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#OnThisDay โ In 1968, an U.S. aircraft carrying a B-52 bomber, part of Operation Chrome Dome, crashed near Thule Air Base in the Wholsstenhole Fjord, Greenland. This marked the end of Operation Chrome Dome, initiated by the U.S. to deter any nuclear attack from the Soviet Union.
#OnThisDay โ In 1968, an U.S. aircraft carrying a B-52 bomber, part of Operation Chrome Dome, crashed near Thule Air Base in the Wholsstenhole Fjord, Greenland. This marked the end of Operation Chrome Dome, initiated by the U.S. to deter any nuclear attack from the Soviet Union.
Photograph 1: Gunner rescued after ejecting from a B-52 that crashed the Thule Air Base on 21 January 1968 (Projected Crested Ice, via Wikimedia).
Photograph 2: Aerial photograph of blackened ice at the crash scene, with the point of impact at the top (United States Air Force)
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๐๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐จ! ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐.๐. ๐ผ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
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#OnThisDayโ In 1964, an American B-52D bomber carrying two nuclear bombs crashed in the Savage Mountains of Pennsylvania due to extreme weather conditions. The accident became known as the Savage Mountain B-52 crash of 1964.
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#OnThisDayโ In 1966, an American Boeing B-52G bomber collided mid-air with a Boeing KC-135 tanker, causing both planes to crash near the Spanish village of Palomares. The Boeing B-52G carried four thermonuclear hydrogen bombs, which also fell to the ground.
- Picture 2, Depicts the Boom operator's view of a B-52 from a KC-135 tanker // Staff Sgt. Douglas Nicodemus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.